AUS: Dairy firms WCB, Murray slash milk prices (MEM)

Two Australian dairy groups, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) and Murray Goulburn, have slashed the milk prices they pay to farmers for the 2009/10 season.

FRANCE: Iglo to launch frozen lines (MEM)

Frozen food business Iglo is to launch a slew of products on the French market this autumn.

GERMANY: Edeka details discount expansion (MEM)

Edeka, the German retailer, today (2 July) reaffirmed its plans to expand its discount business, with the opening of new stores and the integration of last year's acquisition, Plus.

• JAPAN: Seven & I revenue and profit plummets (MEM)
  Seven & I Holdings today (2 July) posted double-digit declines in first-quarter revenue and profit as the downturn dented consumer spending at the Japanese retailer's supermarket business.
• SPAIN: Intermarche owner quiet on exit talk (MEM)
  French retail group Les Mousquetaires, the company behind the Intermarché chain, has stayed silent on reports that it is looking to quit the Spanish market.
• RUSSIA: X5 Retail buys out franchisee (REG)
  X5 Retail Group has completed its buy-out of the Urals-based franchisee that operates the Pyaterochka chain of supermarkets in the cities of Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk.
• JAPAN: Lawson profit dips despite revenue surge (REG)
  Lawson today (2 June) reported a drop in first-quarter net profit, despite posting gains in revenue and operating profit.
• RUSSIA: Unilever completes Baltimor buy
  Unilever said today (2 July) that it had sealed its acquisition of Russian ketchup maker Baltimor following clearance from local regulators.
• CANADA/US: Everock, Nature's Peak seal merger (REG)
  Canada's Everock has finalised its “reverse merger” with privately-owned natural food maker Nature's Peak.
• US: Ex-Mars, PepsiCo exec joins Tootie Pie
  US pie maker Tootie Pie Co. has appointed former Mars and PepsiCo executive Randy Graybill as director of business development.

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Innovation, innovation, innovation, says General Mills
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It's obvious: when you've got a good story to tell, you want to go to great lengths to shout about it. General Mills, the US food giant behind bran...

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just-food’s IFE 2009 presentation

In March 2009, just-food’s director of publishing Chris Brook Carter and editor Dean Best presented key findings from just-food’s recently published report: Issues, trends and challenges facing the food and drink industry – forecasts to 2014 at the 11th IFE exhibition held at Excel, London. The report explores the global food and drink market in today’s challenging climate with analysis of trends and conditions expected to influence sales value and volume growth over the next five years. This briefing provides the full transcript from the presentation.

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